Anti-Trump protesters declared the US president a 'racist bigot' as they descended on the new US embassy this afternoon - calling for Theresa May to cancel her meeting with him at the World Economic Forum in Davos next week.

In a demonstration held to mark the first anniversary of Mr Trump's inauguration as US president, around 20 activists from the campaign group Stand up to Racism pushed over a mock wall they had built in front of the embassy's recently opened site in Vauxhall, south London.

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Activists discussed Mr Trump's recent controversial remarks on immigration, when he was reported to have branded Haiti and some African states 's***hole' countries in a White House meeting.

Lewis Nielsen, an activist for Stand up to Racism, led much of the crowd's chanting, and later said that Mr Trump will be 'met by the biggest demonstration in British history' if he comes to the UK.

'Today marks a year since Trump came to office,' said Mr Nielsen, 24.

'In that year, he's proved himself to be a racist, sexist bigot. He's tried to bring in a Muslim ban, he's called the whole of Africa a s***hole, he wants to build a wall in Mexico. It's incredibly important we oppose his racism.

'If a state visit is arranged it will be a huge mistake for the Government, because the city and the country would be shut down by some of the biggest protests.

Michael Bradley, 50, who works for Stand up to Racism, said: 'The man's completely unacceptable and it's pushing politics beyond what is acceptable. We think he's a racist and we think the reason he didn't come to Britain is he knows there would have been millions of people out on the streets.'

The demonstration came on the same day the US federal government plunged into a 'shutdown' after the Senate failed to agree on a new budget. One protester arrived with a painting of Trump sinking into a toilet filled with faeces

'If he came to Britain, it would be absolutely unimaginable, the level of protest at every level of British society.'

The demonstration came on the same day that the US federal government plunged into a 'shutdown' after the Senate could not agree on a new budget.

Affecting hundreds of thousands of federal workers, the shutdown is the first in US history to occur while the same party - the Republicans - controls both Congress and the White House.

Activist Ben Studd, 37, added that a Trump visit to London would whip up anti-Muslim prejudice and endanger British Muslims.

'Every time somebody in the media makes Islamophobic comments, every time there's a terrorist attack, people are attacked in the streets,' he said.

This comes a week after Mr Trump cancelled a visit to Britain to open the new site, claiming it had been sold for 'peanuts' and was built in an 'off location' of London.

'Bad deal. [They] Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!' Mr Trump wrote on Twitter at the time.

Activist Ben Studd, 37, added that a Trump visit to London would whip up anti-Muslim prejudice and endanger British Muslims. Pictured: Two masked protesters from Stand up to Racism

This comes a week after Mr Trump cancelled a visit to Britain to open the new site, claiming it had been sold for 'peanuts' and was built in an 'off location' of London

In the US crowds took to the streets in both Washington DC and Palm Beach, Florida to protest the president.

Thousands of people turned out for a rally at Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC and a march from the National Mall to Lafayette Park.

The women's march in Washington DC saw US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and US Representative Nancy Pelosi urge women to run for office and vote.

Demonstrators also rallied near the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and Washington Monument during the Women's March in Washington DC

Thousands of people attended the march which saw US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and US Representative Nancy Pelosi urge women to run for office and vote

Several hundred gathered in Palm Beach, Florida, carrying anti-Donald Trump signs as they prepared to march near the president's Mar-a-Lago home on Florida's east coast.

A group of women wearing red cloaks and white hats like the characters in the book and TV show 'The Handmaid's Tale' marched in formation, their heads bowed.

The rally and march are one of many around the U.S. and the world in support of female empowerment.

Thousands of people gathered in Cleveland, Ohio, Richmond, Virginia, Philadelphia, New York, Austin, Texas, and more.

Several hundred protestors gathered in Palm Beach, Florida, as they prepared to march near the president's Mar-a-Lago home on Florida's east coast

The rally and march are one of many around the U.S. and the world in support of female empowerment